Diana and Dodi’s romance was ‘FAKED and couple slept in separate bedrooms’, insider claims

The yacht worker alleged that Diana's shows of affection were all for the cameras - and that Dodi even called her "ma'am" privately.

They said: "It’s all a big fake pretence."

The claims were made by the worker to journalist Paul McMullan in 1997, just weeks before both Diana and Dodi died in a tragic car crash in Paris.

It came as Diana and Dodi had been sailing the Mediterranean Sea on board a 200ft yacht, owned by Dodi's dad Mohamed Al Fayed.

A memember of the yacht's crew reportedly told McMullan: "They don't share the same bedroom, he calls her ma'am, is incredibly deferential and respectful.

"But as soon as she goes outside to wave to the paps, she's bending over and kissing him and hugging him."

Despite appearing to be in a relationship, McMullan claimed the couple were not.

Speaking during the documentary Sex & Power, he said: "The truth was the opposite."

They don't share the same bedroom, he calls her ma'am, is incredibly deferential and respectful.

A staff member who reportedly worked for Dodi Fayed

In 2017, Diana's private secretary Michael Gibbins claimed she was not in love with Dodi — but just wanted a fun summer on his yacht.

Gibbins said Diana’s relationship with Dodi would only have lasted a few more weeks had both not died in a Paris car crash in 1997.

He added: “I think frankly she was just having a lovely summer at somebody else’s expense to be perfectly honest.

"When the summer was over, everything would have disintegrated.”

Diana’s final month included two cruises on the Fayeds’ yacht The Jonikal.

The holidays sparked unfounded rumours that Diana was pregnant and about to announce plans to marry Dodi.

It was claimed they picked an engagement ring together in Monte Carlo in early August 1997 — a claim rubbished by Gibbins.

Asked if Diana had ever mentioned a wedding, he said: “Absolutely not. Nor do I believe that for a second.

“Superficially she was happy. Deep down, more ­difficult to say.

“She was a pretty complex person. Superficially yes, she enjoyed bobbing around on boats with Dodi Fayed. Who wouldn’t?”

Gibbins said Diana never fully recovered from the end of her marriage.

He added: “Obviously it was pretty upsetting for her.

“My feeling was that she was determined to build a new her in whatever way. She was probably pretty bitter and angry at the way things had turned out.”

AMERICAN DREAM

It has also been claimed that Diana wanted to move to California with sons Harry and William before her death.

Diana's voice coach Stewart Pearce said the princess wanted to take her family to Malibu as her relationship with film producer Dodi continued, according to .